Beer-spigot



J. GROSS.

(No Model.)

BEERSPIGOT.

PatentedNov. 12, 1895.

Inventor acofr' PSS UNITED STATES;

@PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB GROSS, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

BEER-SPIGOT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 549,637, dated November 12, 1895.

Application led March '7, 1895.

To a/ZZ whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB GROSS, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Beer-Spigots, of which the following is a specification.

One object of my invention is to provide a simple, durable, attractive, and comparatively inexpensive beer-spigot that may be readily and firmly attached to and disconnected from a bung adapted for its reception without turning or otherwise interfering with the connections that lead to the bar-fixtures and to the supply of compressed air and that may be applied to or driven in the hole that is commonly provided in the heads or curved surfaces of beer-kegs without the employment of a bung-fitting.

Another object of my invention is to insure a free passage fer the ingress of air between the interior of the spigot and the pipe that penetrates it and affords an offtake from the keg orV barrel.

My invention consists of the improvements hereinafter described and claimed, and its nature, objects, and scope will be more fully understood from the following description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings,forming part hereof, and in which- Figure 1 is a central sectional view of a complete beer-spigot embodying features of my invention. Fig. 2 is an elevational view of a tubular casing forming part of my improved spigot and provided at its top with a stufng-box, at its side with an air-inlet, upon its surface with a thread, and upon its lower end with a depending flange. Fig. 3 is a side elevational view of the bung that is secured in the bung-hole. Fig- 4is a top or plan view of the bung, showing the same provided with lips and slots. Fig. 5 is an elevational vview of a sleeve provided with lugsadapted for insertion through the slots and for engagement with the lips of the bung and with a revoluble nut adapted for engagement with the threaded portion of the tubular casing shown in Fig. 2, and Fig. 6 is a plan View of the under side of the sleeve shown in Fig. 5.

In the drawings, 1 is a tubular casing provided with an external thread 2 and prefer- Seria1No.540,830. (No model.)

ably tapered, as at 3, so that it may be applied to a keg or barrel that is provided with an ordinary bung-hole and not with the bung .illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4 and hereinafter more fully described. This tubular casing is provided at its upper end with a stuffing-box 4, which is used for making a tight joint between the tubular casing 3 and the pipe (not shown) that leads to the bar-fittings and passes through the tubular casing into the interior of the keg or barrel.

Below the stuffing-box 4 is an air-inlet 5, that may be provided with a stop-cock 6 and that is connected by means of a rubber hose or lotherwise with a supply of compressed air that passes between the inner walls of the tubular casing 3 and the outer walls of the pipe that passes through it and leads to the bar-fittings. At its lower end this tubular casing 3 is provided with a iiange 7, for a purpose to be presently described. 1

8 is a sleeve having at its upper end a revoluble nut 9, held against end p1ay-for example, by means of a collar l0, Fig. l-and adapted for engagement with the thread 2 upon the tubular casing 3. This nut may be milled, as at 11, Fig. 1, or provided with handles, as shown in Fig. 5, for the convenience of the operator in turning it. The lower portion of the sleeve 8 is provided with projecting lugs 12, for purposes to be more fully explained.

The bung 13 is externally threaded or otherwise adapted for application to the bung-hole of a keg` or barrel. Internally the bung 13 is provided with two seats 14 and 15, whereof the seat 14 supports a washer or gasket and whereof the seat l5 accommodates the flange 7, depending from the tubular casing 3, the object being to prevent the gasket or washer from being expanded so as to collide with the pipe that penetrates the tubular casing 3 and leads to the contents of the keg or barrel, and this object is accomplished because the sleeve 7 `depends in front of the washer, as shown in Fig. 1, and thus prevents undue lateral expansion thereof. The upper portion of the bung 13 is provided with lips 16 and slots 17, and the lugs 12 of the sleeve 8 are adapted to be passed through the slots 17 and then brought by a slight rotation of the sleeve S under the lips 16. As shown in the drawings,

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Fig. 4, a stop-pin 1S is provided for limiting the travel of the lugs 12.

The mode of operation of the hereinabovedescribed beer-spigot is as follows The sleeveA 8 is assumed to be in its normal position with its nut 9 in engagement with the thread 2 of` the tubular casing 3, and the opening 19in the bung 13 is assumed to be closed in the ordinary manner by means of a cork.

are then applied to the bung 13, as shown in Fig. 1,-for which purposethe lugs 12 are irst` inserted through the slots 17 and then broughtv beneath the lips 1G by slightly turning the sleeve S. The nut 9 is then screwed up onto the thread 12, wherebythc seat-2O at the end of the tubularsleeve is drawn or forced down onto the washer or .gasket,.as shownin Fig. 1, while atthe same time .the ange'prevents the .gasket or washer :fromzbeing expanded laterally so .as to interfere with the ingress of. air, as has fbeen already: explained.

From the foregoing description l it will be apparentthat an airetight vjointfis provided between thebung and the tubular easing Iand that the sleeve 8 firmly? holds theltubular easing 3 to-plaee, so that it cannot be blown out of thekeg or barrel by anypressure thatiinay exist therein.

1t will of course be understood that thepipe whichleads'from the b arLfiXtures through the spigot to thekeg aifordsincans for knocking the cork out of the bung and `that `a tight joint betweenthisl pipe and the spigot is provided by means of the stuiiing-box4.

Among theadvantages of .the above-described beer-spigot the following may be mentioned: First, byvremoving thesleeve 8 the Vtubular easing may be driven into the ordinary bung-hole of a barrel,Y and, second, the tubular casing may be applied to the bung without turning it, wherebyinjury to the pipe connections that communicate with The lower ends of the sleeve and tubular casing the air-inlet iand with the interior of the :beer-barrel is obviated, because they need not be disturbed and are not subjected to accidental breakage.

1t will be obvious to those skilled in the art to which my invention relates that modificationsmaybe'made in details without departing from the spirit thereof. Hence l do not limit myself to the precise construction and arrangement of parts hereinabove set forth, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings; but,

Having thus described the nature and objects of my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A beer spigot comprising the combination of, a thread eut or othcrwiseformed upon theexterior ofi` a tubular easingha'ving at its end a transverselyranging seat, as 20, a hung provided with slots and i inwardly projecting lips and with a transversely ranging seat, as 14, a fiat gasket or washer interposed between said seats, a sleeve mounted around said cas ingand having ln gs adapted to penetrate said lslots andlengage saidlips, and a nut revolu- 4bly'eonnected with said sleeve and adapted tof detachably engage the thread on the tubular easing, substantially as described.

.2. A beer spigot eomprisingthe combination of,aislecveand bung having interlockingllips and lugs, and corresponding flat seats,

a tubular casing provided with an external thread, anda revoluble nutheld against end play on said sleeve andadapted to detaehabl y engage said thread, substantially as described.

In testimony `whereof .I have hereunto signed my name in thepresenee of `two wit nesses.

JACOB GROSS.

NTitnesses:

WM. :I-I. EMHARDT, Jr., CHARLES IL -WEIss 

